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VOL.O XXII.IC S . C., fTURSDAY) JULY '19, 84 O 4THE MANNING MEETING.GENERAL RICHBOURG'S FIRST APPEARANCE ASA SPEAKER.The crowd w1ih T111nan-Ava Ovation toSeOCretary 'indai-Butler Favore theForination o Sliver LeatuOs--What theOther oarididates Sed.MANNTNO, 1. C., July 10.-Notwith.standing the rain today the conrt housewas crowded to hear the candidates forState and Senatorial honors. Thespeeches of all the candidates were regarded equal to, if not better, than atany previous meeting. The crowdwas overwhelmingly for Governor Tillman for Senator to succeed .utler.General Richbourg made his first cam.palgn speech today.The meeting was presided over by-Ion. S. A. Nettles, County Chairman.After payer by Rev. H. M. Mood thespeakers were introduced in the following order: lon. J. Walter Whitman,General R. N. Richbourg, Hon. W. 11.YeldelJ, Governor B. R. 'fillman, Senator M. C. Butler, Hon. John Gary Evans, Comptroller General W. H. Ellerbeand Secretary of State Tindal.The first speaker was G. Walt. Whit.man who denounced the charge in Co.lumbia Journal that he was run out ofClarendon County in 1870 as a damnable lie.Gen R. N. Richbourg was the nextspeaker. le said he was no politicianand appeared on the stump as a candidate because he had been brought for -ward by Reform papers and prominentReformers, He referred to CandidateJohn Gary Watts by saying that he hadnever known as a military man such anofilce as "Assistant Adjutant General,"but he supposed that military mencould create what they chose. leloved the ' military, and if electedthought he could make this arm of theservice the proudest boast of theState,Representative W; -. Yeldell ofEdgefleld spoke in behalf of his candidacy for Railroad Commissioner andsaid he was unfairly beaten by theLegislature at the last session.Governor Tillman was uproarouslyaDplauded as he began t speak. Hesaid he was telling no lie when he saidhe was glad to see the people. Yeldellhad said it was chilly, but if he hadstruck Manning the day he first camehere, "Good God, what would he havesaid about the weather?" le wantedto go to the Senate because he could domore for the people than any other man.He would go there with a fork and letout some stench. The Democraticparty was as r'tten as the Republican.We have seen the President, said he,sell out; go back on the Democraticplattorm; strike down silver; veto theseigniorage bill and now they are tinkering with the tariff bill in Washington to see how little reform they cangive you. If Cleveland is to set thepace of the Democracy In these UnitedStgtes I am not a Democrat. (Applase.) Free sliver meant simply therestoration of the double standard andten cents cotton instead of seven cents.These scoundrels know it and they tryto befuddle the people and send fellows to Congress like Col. Elliott tovote for Clevelands policy. The Republicans and Democrats in New Yorkand the New England States are identical as to their tariff views and wehave got to align our forces with those01 the West and take charge of theDemocratic party. If we don't, thenwe deserve ta continue as slaves. Weare the slaves of money and with allour boastp about freedom we are thegreatest slaves on the earth. They buyand sell our Congressmen like eheep,They control elections and they aretrying to control this election now andbuy your votes for th6 Senate. I won'tsay General Butler will be Cleveland's"cuckoo," but I say lie has more patronage than anybody and that Cleveland prefers him to me.General Butler was well greeted bythe crowd. Hie warned the people tolook out for rings, slates and cliquesthat are looming up. Hie consideredthe Alliance the best organization thefarmers had ever had, si d If it hadl adhered to the principles which originatedit. it would have accomplished untold beneflis. it h~ad made a greatmistake by laying down an arbitrary,procrustean rule with which to workout the financial problem. It was legislation uinder the McKinley bill andsubsequent Republican legislation thathad brought about the hard times. Hiethought the tariff bill would be put into operation within three weeks andbetter times would come when it got-well uinder way. In proportion as silver has been dlegraded the price offarm commodiitieos has gone down andwhere silver has been recognized fullyand completely prices have gone up.Hie advised that silver leagues be organiziail, not only in the South andWest, but in the Northern and MiddleStates. If we can't get our own partyto come up abreast of the times andgive us the relief we are entitled to, he' was willing to take relief where~ver wecould get it. When any man talksabout not voting for me I want him toput his hand on some act wherein Ihave been untrue to my duty. lHemust fInd some other excuse for turning me down. I challenge any man topoint out where I have neglected anypublic duty imposed on me by the people of this State, either in war or peace.L have not taken up the burden frompersonal ends; I have done it someLimes carrying my life in my hands,and I have simply tried to do my duty'in the Senate. The office belongs tothe sovereign people and if I am notelected I shall Lhank my God for beingable to turn that office over to youwithout one blot or tarnish upon its escutcheon.God grant that all the good that hasbeen done by the Reform movementmay be perpetuated. God grant thatevery patriotic citizen of every factionmay take up whatever good has beendone for the Commonwealth of SouthCarolina and carry it forward to com.pletion- If Governor Tillman is necessary-lor the perpetuation of the Reform movement the best thing you cando for him and for you is to keep himhero where he can watch and guard itand send meo back. (Laughter and applause.) Keep him at heme where hecan watch the antis and prod themwith his pitchforkc.General Butler had a great deal tosay on the line of tariff and silver legislation and he was listened to closelyand applauded frequently. Hie heldthat his servien in the Reate had .a.ehim better qualliled than ever to ropre.sent South Carolina in Congress.Senator John Gary Evans followed.lie spoke of the achievements of .1e.form and said some member of thoLegislature, who had been a Confederate soldier, going to Baltimore whenthe bonds were about to be refundedand saying that Tillman ought not tobe assisted In this. This same person,he said, had introduced bills in tne Legislature to keep the btate debt runningat 6 per cent. If elected he would pursuethesame policy as Tillman had.The reason the anti newspapers whinedand wrote editorials against him beingGovernor was because he had whippedall their trained parliamentarians I nithe Legislature. le had the facts toprove that the Darlington Dispensarytroumble was a riot gotten up by thewhiskey trust to show that Tillmancould not rule in South Carolina, andat the proper time he would producethem.General Ellerbe was the next speaker. He declared the Farmers movement ought not to be turned into alawyers movement. As Comptroller 1General he paid out annually $54,000 to 1lawyers who were officers of the Statewhile he only paid out $22,000 to allother classes. Lawyers were not competent to represent the interest of farmera as farmers were themselves.Secretary of State Tindal was the lastspeaker. He was handsomely greetedby his home people. Ills speech wasfull of substantial advice to the farmera, advising them to educate theirchildren above all things. le saidthat no rings should be allowed in theState and hoped that the Dispensaryquestion would be separated frompolitics. As long as the moral forcesof the State were devided strife wouldbe stirred up. We do need peace, andso far as we can have it without sacrificing principle we must have it.This was James E. Tindal's day.Nearly every man in the audience wasfor Clarendon's son for Governor. Norno man in South Carolina is more beloved in his home county than Mr.Tindal. He has been honored for yearsby them and now his thousands offriends and admirers want to see himgiven the highest honor In the State.If they can bestow this honor on himthey will work like beavers to do so.Mr. Tindal was given an ovation today.A VERY UGLY AFFAIR.New Way to Prevent a Witness FromnTestifyingCOLUMBIA,S. C., July 13.- The Stateyesterday obtained the details of anexceedingly ugly affair which occuredin the upper portion of the State, justacross the line dividing the counties ofAbbeville and Edgelleld, in the firstnamed county, on Friday night last.The affair was the outrageous beatingand shooting of a negro laborer by amixed mob of white and colored menwithout any apparent cause other thanthat the victim had been summoned togive testimoney In a case against somenegroes, pending in court. Ile willprobably die from the effects of thetreatment he received. The facts ofthe case were obtained yesterday fromCap. E. 11. Youngblood, a prominentand reliable gentleman of Edgefleldcounty, the Jnited States Commissioner in that section, on whose place thevictim lived.It appears that the negro, James A.Nelson, is a quiet. well-behaved laborer upon Capt. Youugblood's place. OnFriday night last, some time aftermidnight, several negroes and whitemen came to the negroe's house andknocking on the door, woke him up.They told him that their wagon hadbroken down and asked him to comeout and assist them in reprning It. IHegot a torch and went out with them.When they got to the road the torchwas knocked from lis hand and aboutfifty white men and negroes surrounded him. The'y tied him securely andstarted him across the line into Abbeyille county. They gave no reason forthe seizure. As the negro was passingCapt. Youngblood's house lie cried outonce, but the mob placed pistols at hishead made him keep quiet. They thendragged him along a distance ofabout three miles until the CedarCreek section, just over the Abbevillecounty line, was reached. There theyproceeded to whip him in a most brutal manner, and ilnally wound up byshooting. him with shotguns in theright leg and right aide, leaving himthere, evidently expecting him to die.The negro managed to secure aid,however, and got home. Capt. Youngblood says that the man's body is amass of cuts, stripes and blisters,where lie was beaten, and that thereare numberless bullet holes in his legand side, lie is in a precarious condition.It seems that in this section of Edge.field count~y there are a number ofwhite men andA negroes of low classwho have been violating the revenuelaws. Several (days before the eventreferred to a deputy marshal summoned the negro as a witness in a caseagainst another negro. The men whohad been dealing in illicit li'luor subsequently declared that they wouldkill any negro who informedi on t hem,and it is supposed that they took thesummoning of this negro as a witnessto mean that he had informed uponthem, and they consequently wantedto rid the community of him. Theiridea seemed to be to carry him overinto Abbeville county and let it bethought that highway robbers in thatcounty had dealt foully with him. Thenegro, however, recognized six men inithe party-flye white and one colored,the latter being the man who was under indictment and against whom Nelsen was to have testified. Such are thefacts of the ease .--State.Would Pl~~-~~CMOrAQO, July 8.--Mrs. Isaac B.Hammond, a Southern woman, announced that she would display from awindow of her house a Confederate flagon July 4. An angry crowd, learningof her intentions, gathered in front ofthe place, determined to tear dlown theflag if It appeared. Police LieutenantStift called upon fea. Hf inmmond anadvised her not to hang out the iI igMrs. Hammond had ordered a Confeder.ate flag but it hadn't been seat home bythe maker. This was told tile crowd, andlit dispersed. She then hung out aBritish flag, which a small boy took fora Confederate banner and promply toerdown and destroyed. The crowd returned later and decorated the premiseswith the national conr.DISPENSARY FIGURFS. bI[ NATOR BUILER HAS SOMVl HING I,TO FAY ABOUT TI-trM11A alF1 Osowd Present- Govornor Tiglmail Hvn He 'w Il.oeI ok In th 0I14ponuary Mt tter..ONNEAUS, Judy ll.-Thecampaignra faced the braves of iBerkeley today Emnd repeated once more their oft-told Vales before one of those "small but en,husiastic" audiences, as apologetic and Tharitable newspaper men sometimes 1Day of theatrical performances wherebe gate eceipts scarcely pay board D)ills. Speeches were made by Stokes,Lindal, Whitman,Ellerbep, Evars,But- aer and Tillman. 7Gen. Ellerbe got vigorous and laid rfhe ring business on John (ary with arowel. le first touched up the Spar- S1anburg end of the State by showing Nip Gantt's Inconsistency in packing Ahat county for the Aiken man. Ile lnade a cold-blooded charge of double Clealing against the sage of the Pied- Snont Headlight in this wise: A"Gantt wrote me that his county was'or me, and that It was impossible foriim to carry it for any lawyer. Yet Lith these misrepresentations and lies A,hey have taken that county from memd it's no less than robbery. That is Lsertainly evidence of a rin; and I beleve that the rank and file of the peo- 8ple will smash it as we smashed the old 1U,ing. One of my friends told me here boday that they had already packed;his county for John Gary Evans. c(The '-Buckley" braves didn't relish nhis plain talk worth a copper, and ii;hey began to flare up at the intrepid sUarion swamp fox."Who told you that?" asked one ofhe hosts. S"Give us his name," shouted severalthers.But the General kept that to himstlfsaying that he did not believe the Ber- Pkleyites could be packed. ti4i'm cripple," cried the irrepressible aam Murray, "and I can't be packed." IAnd as he wtnt on peppering Evans the lbumptious boys in front yelled, "Look VDut John!" "You look like a Governor 0already." tEllerbe rapped on, declaring that ifEvans were elected he would put all 9his family in oice. Ile did not think fall the Reform plums belonged to the 9Garys and Evanses. CTe Aiken game cock had his gaffs eon today and he sank them deep into tGen. Ellebee. Ile spoke with probable tsignilicance of some men who held salaries sitting in bomb proofs in Colim-9bla during the Darlington troubles,while he was standing at the Gvernor's back.This was greeted with tremendousapplause from the Dennis family.'Are you an Alliance man ?" shoutedEvans at Gen. E'llerbe. tThe General tried to explain that lie 1ad been a member, but had to quit. CEvans waltzed into him, declaring that t;here was something rotten in a man twho joined the Alliance and then quit I.t. lie said that Eailerbo, if elected, Ewould give all his brothers ollice. IIe a%pologized for "spanking little Willie aind putting the darling infant to 0leep," adding that Ellerbee made it Vnecessary by whining.1Evans proceeded to make a very se- Unious charge against the Supreme IDourt for their decision against the dJispensary law. A gray-haired man on aLbe stand asked if the judges didn't get t. little whiskey. 8"I expect they did get a little through I'the back door," shouted Evans. "Judging from their decision I wouldl say that It.hey were all dIrunk, except Pope."Glen. Butler's speech contained astatement about the expenditures of Ethe dispensary. ie said:I have presented extracts from Mr.r'raxler's report for the quarter endingrJanuary 31, 1891, on a former occasion,but the facts have never been groupedas I have them noW. If' they can be Eiatisfactorily explained, I would 1)e 0very glad to have it done, as I do not rwish to make an unjust accusation Csgainist any man.Although Mr. Traxler may be pri- Imarily responsible, and I have no rea-tson to doubt his honesty or Integrity, 31Bovernor Tillman's name is signed tothe report and of course ha must standby it. The following is the statementf assets and liabilities for the quarternding January 31, 1891: 0E~xtract from the Report of the State iDispensary, from November 1, 1893, t~o .January 3l1, 1894. tR EOATPITUL A TON.cASSETs.N ov. 1.-Stock on hand .. 39,831.431Mtachinery, oilce furniture. . 2,589.97 (Amt. (1u1 by dispensaries.. .. 82,953.50rItev. tax ad'vcd distillers.... 10,386 24 ,(DIash in State treasury....... 7,514.55Leb. 1, 1894-Stock on hand .. 15,926.00 iAmnt. (ue by dispen'rs others. 101,481.87 e$280,347.27($260,034.16LIUILITIES.Approiation.............. 0,000 iBills payable Nov. 1........61,027.53 tBills payable lFeb. .. .. .. ..69,982 58Amount to balance.... .....99,337.16e$280,347.27Lotal sales to date..........114,89714[otal cash receipts. .......06,147.11Bottles brought back andcbreakage...... ......... .7,28.106Amt. due by dispen'rs,others. 101,481.87I~Iii'CORR EFOTED.)$20,1.2LAbilti........ .. ...... 20,34.127Shortage............... 19,713.11 5It will be seen that the column of aassets when a(dded up does not amount vto $280,347.27, biul only to $260,034 10 1Fand therefore the accounts (10 not bal- aance, the assets being short by $19,- t713 11. aNow Governor illman says this is a emistake of the p~rinte~r and that the iiB19,713.11 is accounted1 for on the oppo ']Rite page as "Cash in the Treasury." nI must leave the public printer and pUovernor Tillman to settle the ques- aLion of mistake,but granting that to be 5true .1 don't see how that helps h)im, ibecause the column of assents is still tshort and does not balance with the pliabilities.Now 1. make no pretensions to a aknowledge of bookkeeping, but I havesubmitted this report to an expert ac- Iaountant, and here is what he makes I131t of it: in two sea..m stment--, t)th of which show a shortage of 87,.4.55. Perhaps this may be ex'plained.Statement of cash account from July1893, to January 31, 1894:DR.ec'd from State appra'tionaS 50,000.00ee'd from July 1, 1893 toOct. 31, 1894.............. 100)332.13ec'd from Nov. 1, 1893 toJan. 31, 1894.......... 205,814.98$350,147.11Ci.)p. acct. to Oct. 31, 1893.. . 72,566.36de. acot. to Oct. 31, 1893... 70,251.22xpense acct. to Jan. 31.1894, 58,108.33ds. acct. to Jan. 31, 1894.... 127,998.54$328,919 45o be accounted for........ 27,227.66educt cash in treasury Feb.1 19,713.11iscrepancy ................$ 7.514.55Take items on page 5 reported Asisets and substitute the figures 819,13.11 for $7,514.55, and the followingsult is obtained:ASSETs..ock on hand...............8 39,831.43lachinery and furniture.... 2,589.97.mt. due by dispensers...... 82,95350ev. tax advanced .......... 10,336.24ah in treasury....... ....19,713.11.ock on hand......... 15,92660imt. due by dispt n'ra,others. 101,481.87$272,832 72labilities on page 5........$280,347.27asets as above............. 272,832.72lacrepancy ..............S 7.514 55If there had been reported in thebate treasury as on hand February 1,194,$27,222.66 the account would haveAlanced.Governor Tillman admits that he exieded the appropriation of $50,000.00iade by the Legislature. The follow.ig statement taken from the reportlows the amount of that excess:[erchandise purchased fromMay 22, 1893, to July 7, '94.8 93,321.43tate appropriation........ 50,000.0CExcess..-..- ...............8 48,321.43In the above purchases the amountaid during the ibovG period for botes, flasks, kegs, corks, sealing waxnd racking cases is not Included.'ifteen thousand dollars would be a>w estimate for these items, whictrould make the expenditures over $63)0 in excess of the State apnropriaton.Now I would like to know where hieta the authority to disregard ouiundamental doctrines of our form oovernment, that no executive oflicean spend one dollar of public moneyxcept that which has been allowed bhe legislature, the representatives ohe people. Sec. 18, of the dispensar.xet makee the appropriation $50,000, Io much be necessary, and not a dollanore and by all rules of the adminisration Governor Tillman was restriciA to that amount,and he could not exeed it without a usurpation of auihority.Section 2 does not avail him, becaushe expenditure of $48,000 or 803,00(7as made before he had sold a gallorf liquor. How can he justify his aclon, which is palpably in violation olie constitution and laws of the Statef he can exceed the appropriation by48,000 he may by a million of dollars) you can readily see where such loosedministration will lead. There is onether phase of its administratiorhich I cannot quite understand. Ariend has handed me a commissionIven by Governor Tillman to R. V,antt, of Lexington county. It isated the 8th of January, 1894, andppoints him a special constable underie dispensary act. How many of thesepecial constables have been thus comkissioned we do not know. Governor'Iliman alone can inform us, if he willa trannmittng his commission to Mr.antt, Mr. D). A. Tompkins, private3cretary to the Governor, writes thE>llowing letter:State of South CarolinaExecutive Chamber.Columbia, S. C., Jan. 8, 1894..V. Gantt, Esq, Irmo, S. C.:Deoar Sir-Governor Tillman directEte to send you the enclose cornmisslorf a State constable and t~o say you willsceive as pay $25 for each con victiori a wvhite man and $10 for each conIction of a negro you secure, and $ior each seizure, lie has no room orhe regular for you, but may call orou some ime.Very respect fully.D. A. TOMPKINS.Private Secretary.It will be observed that Mr. GIantt i:fftered $25 for the conviction ofrhite man and only $10 for the convicon of a negro. Why this discriminalon against a white man, I confessannot comnprehend . Perhaps that alaiay be explained. All these facts reito to the administration of the dieensary law and do not touch the merts of the law itself. They are legititate subjects of inqiuiry. Governo:illman has made a fair proposition t<ay the expenses of experts to examrio the dispensary accounts out of hisontingent fund. I do not object t<hat, but it seems to me that it is imosing an extra and unnecessary exernie upon the taxp~ayers of the StatEa these matters ought to be explainedy those charged with the administraion of the law. This, I believe, is thEsual custom where public funds arentrusted to public otticers.Tfhe last speaker was Governor Tillian, and his introduction was greetedy long and ringing cheers. The Giov.or said1 that one of the plesantest of theampaign meetingi in 1892 had been at31is place, and while the crowd wainal it was because of the sparserhite population and the long distanceseople had come to get hero. hlutloso you left at home are just as tru(~eformners andl just as determined tcote for me as ever. (Applause ) lhiluded to an incident of the last can.ass when Colonel Y oumans had claim.jg he was a better farmer thani lie waiuid could split more rails, and pointing) one of the old farmers present, hEaid: "You told him the people intend:I to make a fence around the Goveror's ()fllce of brand new rails and keel'ilman in there till he got as fat as aimfed-j awed pig. (Laughter and aplause.) You see, said the Governor, Im growing fatter and have gainedi>me flesh, but if you want those muf.es to come you will have to send me: Washington in Senator Butler'slace.Voices: "We'll (10 it."'. (Laughter andRuter ayshe has plowed more thanhave and is as good a farmer, and aa0 has had his place eighteen years, ILlak you had better lnt him go to blifarm and plow awhile and let me go toWashington in his stead.Replying to Gen. Butler's dispensaryquestions the Uoveinor contented him.self with offering to have an examination made irto the whole business andif anything wrong waa found to sueTraxler on his bond. As to exceedingthe appropriation, he said he simplybought on credit. He had told thewhiskey makers he would see that theyot either the money or the whiskeyack. As to offering $25 reward for a% hite blind tiger man, and only $110 fora negro he said: "The white mandeserved just that much morepunishment, and I just discriminated, for I can make therewards what I please." If the SupreineCourt had let him alone he would havehad Charleston dry, because he had seenMayor Ficken and informed him thatif he did not enforce the law he wouldcall the Legislature together in threeweeks and put thecity under metropolltan police and Ficken had gone homeand gotten things straight. The meeting then broke up.ASSESSMENT OF REAL ESTATE.The State liot d of Equaniz at mis R -ip itSeven Per Oent.COLUMBIA, S. C., July 14.-The StateBoard of Equalization completed itswork of adjusting the tax assessmenton all real property in the State. Theresult ls an average raise in the values,as reported by the County Auditors, of7 per cent. for the whole State, whichis equivalent to an increaso of the valueof all real taxable property of about$6,000,000. This makes the total valuenow about $101,000,000.The Board met at 10 o'clock and resumed the consideration of the districtcommittee reports. At 1:30 p. m. theBoard adjourned and reasembled at 3:30p. m. and continued its labors until acompletion of them was reached at 5:30p. m., when it adjourned sine die.The following are the charges madeas to the County Auditors' reports:Abbeville-2 per cent. added.Aiken-5 per cent. added.Anderson-2 per cent. added.Barnwell-5 per cent. added.Beaufort-5 per cent. off.Berkeley-5 per cent. off.Charleston-5 per cent. added.Chester-2 per cent. added.Chesterfield-5 per cent added.Clarendon-12 per cent, added.Colleton-5 per cent. added.Darlington-5 per ceut. added.Edgelleld-10 per cent. added.Fairileld-10 per cent. added.Florence-S per cent. added.Georgeto wn-5 per cent. added.Greenville-2 per cent. added.Hampton-5 per cent. added.Horry-10 per cent. added.Kershaw--13 per cent. added.r Lancaster-5 per cent. added.Laurens-6 per cent. added.Lexington-15 per cent. added.Marion-15 per cent. added.Marlboro-5 per cent. added.Newberry-2 per cent. added.Oconee-12 per cent. added.Orangeburg-10 per cont. added.Pickens-12 per cent. added.Richland-5 per cent. added.Spartanburg-2 per cent. added.Sumter-17 per cent. added.Union-2 per cent. added.Williamsburg -5 per cent. added.York-2 per cent. added.On motion of Colonel Stokes of Colleton a committee was appointed to p resent the following memorial to the Legislature:Whereas the Legislature in its wisdom and liberality at its last sessionsuspended the collection of taxes in thestorms swept region of our State for thefiscal year 1893, and extended the timefor the payment of the same to the fallof 1894; whereas the distrution of theproperty was greater and the scope ofterritory far exceeded in extent, Injuryto property and damage to crops, sothat our peoplo were red uced in a greatmany instances to want and absolutedestitution, depending upon the aid ofothers for means of support the pastyear; whereas the action of the Legislature was only partial in the sense ofrelief; therefore, be itResolved, That it is the sense of thisBoard that the said taxes of 1893 shouldbe remitted altogether, anid that a comimittee of our bodiy be appointed to me.morialize the Legislature upon thmesubject of relief indicated and any kidred matter,The following gentlemen composethe committee: Theron Earle, GAreenvylle; WV. D. Scarboro, Sumter; F. P.Hlardee, Beaufort; .J. I. Pettigrew,Florence; D~r. Ii. B'mer, Charleston.The following resolution oiferedI byColonel Stokes was adopted:Whereas, there I3 some misuinderstanding ini relation to the scope of dui.ties of this body in respect to personalproperty, and the right of appeal as towhere it vests the appellate court as tothe special subject of taxation, including banking property of a personal nature, and character; therefore be itResolved, That in the opinion of ourBoard that all appeals by the taxpayeican only be from the Board of Assess.ors to the County Board of Equaliza,tioD, which Board has cognizance ofthe subject matter and its decision i~sfinal, Tihat there is an underlyingprinciple of law that tihe right o1 theState to appeal does not exist .'The gentlemen who composed theBoard have performed a work of greatimportance. The work was hard andthe strain severe. They deservo thethanks and commendation of the peopie for the thorough and satisfactorymanner with which it was done. Theywere all glad when their laeors worecompleted and nearly all of' them leftfor honmo on the first train.- i1egister.A Fioridi it< reor.JTAocsoNvrr LLE FIA, .Juiy 1-i.--Tivomonths ago near ,Jonsen, in 'his State,Miss Kaiser, a iretf y g'irl, was murdered, Her head wast severed from herbody. The girl had been attacked whilein the woods neaat her hoome and amn at.tempi, had boen mnade to assault her.No clue was found at tho time to tihemurderer, though severnil parties wereunder suspicion. The ciee dIroppied outof publie noitice until this aiternoon,whenm Marcelius liardeec, a youngr manbelonging to a weamlthmy andl promimentfa-nily o1 -Jensen, was arrested for t~hecrime. Det~ective R hodes, of 1 al timore,worked up the case and lhe claims tohave plenty of evidet co againsti, H rdee.Hie says that Hlardee met the girl andmade an improper prop~osal to her. Thisshe resented and then Hlardee attemptedto assault her, Tne girl fought himand Hlardee used a knife, severing herh'.al from the bodyCONVENTION WILL BE HELD.Thto MeieSig of the Referm EeCut'IveClomnitteo.COLUMBIA, S. C., July ll.-The StateReform Executive Committee met- yesterday at noon in the Senate Chailjer,Chairman Sligh presiding, with fullattendance.The entire business transacted bythe committee is comprised in the resolutions adopted almost unanimouslyby the committee and given herewith.The point upon which there wasmost serious deliberation was that asto whether the August conventionshould be called off; this question, however, was favored by only three members of the committee, Messrs. Kirkland, Glenn and Earle, Mr. Kirklandalone speaking in behalf of the generalprimary. There was a most patienthearing accorded this small minorityeentiment and the committee placeditself in possession of all the arguments, pro and con, before taking action.ThUlie only change from the original)lan is that the convention is called totake pl.ce two days later In order thatthe canvases may be completed, thereby giving every candidate an opportunity to address voters in every county.The following is the address and resolutions:To the Reform Voters of South Carolina:At a meeting of the State Reformexecutive committee held this day theundersigned members thereof were delegated to prepare a statement of theproceedings of the said committee thatthe Reform voters throughout theState may act uniformly in expressingtheir choice of the candidates for thedifferent State oflices. which will besubject to the action of the Democraticprimary to he held on the 28th day ofAugust, 1891.The following are the resolutions:First. That a convention for the suggestion of candidates for Governor andLieutenant Governor be held in Columbia. S. C., on the 16th day of August,1891, at 12 o'clock in.Second. That said convention becomposed of delegates elected by conventions to be held in each county onMonday, the 13th day of August, 1894each county to be entitled to double aimany delegat-es as it has representatives in both houses of the GeneraAssembly.Third. That the county conventionaforesaid be composed of delegateelected by the various teform clubs ithe county, each club to send one delegate-at-large and one delegate toevery twenty-live members or majoritfraction thereof. In those countiewhero there are no distinct Refornclubs the Iteform members of eaclclub shall be called by the executivlIteform committeeman to meet at thusual place of meeting and elect deltgates as aforesaid to the county convention: Provided that in the citieof Charleston and Columbia the nunber of Reform clubs and polling prfcmcts shall be left to the discretion othe members of the State executivcommittee. For the purpose of saIelection the clubs aforesaid shall bicalled to meet on the IIth day of August, 1891. At such meeting no member shall participate except such atvoted for the Reform delegates in thAugust primary of 1892 and all otheriwho will pledge themselves to abidby and support the ticket suggested b)the State Reform convention of 1894.Fourth. That all Reform candidateffor State olflIces, including railroadcomnissioners,shall publicly announcetheir candidacy, ant shall file with thechairman of the State teform committee a pledge to abide by and to support the nomineen ni' said convention.T1hat said pledge shall be 11il:1 as afore.said on or before the 25th day of July,1894. No vote for any candidate shallbe counted in the State conventionwho has not complied with the foregoinig requirement.Fifth. ''hat in holding the primaryelections in each Reform club providedfor to take place on the 11th day o1August, 183I, each club is to providemanagers for holing said election.Theu cornmuittee adopted the follow.inp: resolution:ltenolvcd, Tlhat this committee suggest, to the county iteform conventionsto b)e heldl on the 13th day of' August,1891, when they elect dleeates to theState convention, to also instruct saiddelegates whether or not to vote forthe nominating of a full set of Stateoflicers, including the oillece of railroadcomminissioners.This committee take pleasure incommending to the consideration o1t he people of the State the address issuedl by the special committee on the- t~h of A pril, 1894..J. TH'IOMAs AUSTI'N,J1. M. G LENN,J1. It. ICAnrc,hi. A . DE~AL,.1. C. OTrTw,Lours AP'PELT1,Special Committee.The following la a list of the com.mitteemen ini attendance upon theA bbevllle, I. Ii. McCalla; Aiken, J.TI. Gaston; Anderson, J. M. Glenn;liarnwell, A. 1H. Patterson; lierkeley,'J. 1H. Morrison; Charleston, W. GibbesWhaloy; Chester, T'. .J. Cunningham;Chiesterfield, 10. N. R edfearn; Colleton,L. i0. Parler; Clarendon, Louis Appelt;D.arlihgton, 10. L. Gray; ESdgefleld, .J,M. Gaines; Fairfleld, J1. W. Lyles; Fiorence, .J. S. McCall; Greenville, J. T,'Austin; Georgetown, J. IL. D~etyens;llampitonl, W. II. Mauldin; Ilorry, J,M. Stalvey ; Kershuaw, TI. J. Kirkland;L'mucaste'r, 10. P. Lingle; Laurens, .J. A,.Jones; Marlboro, J. 1P. Breeden; Marion, .J. M. Rodgers; Newberry, J. A,Sligh; Oconeo,Jl. iR. Earle; Orangeburg.J. W. Stokes; Pi::kens, W. T. 1I owenItichiand, IU. A. Deal; Spartanburg, TL. (Gentt; Sumter, H. Rt. ThomasUnion, .J. C. Oti s; Williamsburg, WmCooper; York, J1. C. Wilborn.The comnmittee adjourned last nigh1at Ii o'clock.Attempt at JRobbery.SAVANNAH!, Ga., July 7,-Thlmornmng three men appeared at the 01flee of the Southern Express Companat 4 o'clock and pretendedl that thewanted to sendl a package. The clertold thiem they were too soon. Tbstrangers drew their piatols and firecl'he clerk returned the ire, The meran up Whitaker street ,and escapecLater in the (lay three dynamite fusewere foundi in the suburbu ol the citleft, by three men answering thdescription of' the early morninimaranuder-aHARD TO PLEASF.MEMBERS OF THE REFORM PARTYDIFFER AS 10 A POLICY.Tie Evans Bleu Jublant, but the EllerbeMen lue-Soano Strong Talk iadulge dIJ--The Ailliwe, and the Sena'a,141Fig!a'.COLUMBA. S. C, July 12.-The action of the Reform executive committee at its recent meeting in refusing tocall off the State Convention to nominate a candidate for Gqvernor is notgiving general satisfaction as the articles published below will amply prove.The following Is clipped from the Register of today:A prominent out of town Reformertalking on the political situation yes.terday and referring inciden tally to theaction of the Reform committee inmaking only a partial change in theplan for a Reform primary, said that agrowing discontent was manifestamong the farmers at the prominencea certain influence within the factionwas taking in the management of affairs. The farmer's Interests, he saidwere being relegated to the rear bythis influence, and lawyers and wirepullers have assumed the entire c3ntrol and conduct of things. A few menwho have gained power and place bytheir association with the Reformmovement are now seeking to subvertthe interests of the people to the furtherance of their own political aggrandizement. The band that manipulatesthe caucus and the club is becomingbolder and bolder and throws it in theface of the farmer that there is no manin their own ranks capable of fillingthe duties of high positsons and responsibility. "Are we," he said, "to beset back where we stood before 1890by the very men who have been butthe recipients of our favor? The people of South Carolina in 1890 set theseal of their condemnation on ring andcaucus government and those menwill reckon without their host whenthey undertake to leave the farmer unconsulted in the choice of a leader andto foist upon them any man that ai clique of lawyers, editors, office holdersand wire pullers may choose to select."9 The views of this gentlemen wereI somewhat pronounced and the emphati ic nature of his leaves no doubt that he- meant what he said. He was not aloner in these sentiments or expressions andr others who were in the city yesterday,3 and the day before, talked in the sameI strain.I On the other hand, there were manya who seemed to take the opposite viewB of the case and in their conversationthe wisdom of the committee in making- no material change was heartily apa proved of. The choice of the majorityof the Reformers, they say, will giveentire satisfaction to all except a fewf disappointed office seeks and the ranks3 of Reform will, be as solid as ever whenI the time comes to support the nominee.5 It is useless to disguise the fact, how. ever, that a considerable amount of uneasiness exists among many of the Reformers as to the outcome and timealone will prova whether the views ofthe first party quoted are correct ornot.The State of this city, says in its is.sue of this date:The action of the State Reform committee has caused quite a little stir inpolitical circles. Tne Evens men arevery jubilant and don't hesitate to express their delight at the victory theyhave gained. The Ellerbe men, on theother hand, while they keep a stiff upper lip seem to be pretty blue.The Ellerbe men openly chargethat Governor Tillman had hishand in the pie and assistedin carrying the Evans schemethrough. The Alliancemen say too,that if Governor Tillman wishes torisk his own chances by taking Evanson to his coat-tails and imposing alawyer upon them for Governor, he cango ahead. Many think that the Alliance is a dead cock in the pit, but theAlliance's time is coming, they say.All kindis of harsh talk is hurled atState ChairmainSllgh. Some of the Ellerbe men says that he is responsiblefor the action of the committee. Theysay that there is no doubt that thecomnmitgjee is composed of a majorityof Ellerbe men, who, under othercircumstances, would certainly havecalled the convention off. They saythat Chairman Sligh got in his finework by calling the committee togetherand not telling any of the membersbefore they came what they were todo. They came here and had previously been instructed to carry out theColleton idea by their counties. Thechange was sprung upon them andnearly all voted against the change ontile ground that their counties had'given them no instructions contrary tothose originally received.The Ellerbee men say, however, thathie has no fear of the consequences,even now. They say that the countiesin which tile Evans machine has beenorganized and may be regarded safefor Evans are not more than seven oreight and that Ellerbe will have anequal showing with him in the organiz.ation of all the other countie..Pope and Tindal are generally regarded as out of the race now.But there is going to be a meetingover at Aiken on the 26th of this monthwhich may change the political outlooksomewhat. Some of the Alliancemenseem to be very much disgdisted withGovernor Tillman as an Allanceman.The meeting referred to is to be theannual meeting of the State Farmer'sAlliance. It is said that the meetingis going to be the most eventful andinteresting one that this body has everheld. The statement is made that theAlliance intends to pass resolutionsurging all Alliancemen in the State,and farmers who are not members ofthe Alliance, to support men for theLegislature in their respective countieswho stand fiat-footed for all the Allii ance :lemands and obligate themselves-to vote for such a man for the Unitedv States Senate. If this be done, thev Alliancemen cannot of course voto fork either Tillman or Butler men for thea Legislature and that third candidate*who has been so much talked of 10'the last week or two may make hisaappearance. It remains to b~e seentherefore whether Goyernor Tillman isreally bigger than the Alliance or not,Teaove summary of the peliticale manoeuvres now going on is based enE tirely upon talk heard in political circles yesterday.